As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
I never cease urging peace, which, however unfair, is better than the justest war in the world.
Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.
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